Dr. Kelley Slate, FNP-C
What this data tells you about Dr. Slate
Dr. Kelley Slate is a nurse practitioner - family in Palestine, TX, with 6 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Slate performed 7,426 Medicare services across 3,791 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Slate received a total of $558 from 3 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 6 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in nurse practitioner - family. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Slate is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 589 | $66 | $170 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 573 | $10 | $27 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 564 | $8 | $17 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 551 | $8 | $20 |
| Urinalysis with microscopic exam | 515 | $3 | $9 |
| Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test | 503 | $16 | $43 |
| Magnesium level test | 498 | $7 | $18 |
| Lipid panel (cholesterol and triglycerides) | 487 | $13 | $35 |
| Vitamin B-12 level test | 428 | $15 | $39 |
| Vitamin D level test | 415 | $29 | $70 |
| Creatine kinase (cardiac enzyme) level, total | 333 | $6 | $17 |
| Hemoglobin A1c test (diabetes monitoring) | 276 | $10 | $25 |
| Chest X-ray, 2 views | 195 | $19 | $70 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 191 | $8 | $33 |
| Free thyroxine (T4) test | 150 | $9 | $23 |
| Thyroid hormone, t3 measurement, free | 148 | $17 | $44 |
| Natriuretic peptide (heart and blood vessel protein) level | 118 | $38 | $87 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 102 | $48 | $121 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 97 | $102 | $417 |
| PSA test (prostate cancer screening) | 79 | $18 | $47 |
| Cystatin c (enzyme inhibitor) level | 45 | $18 | $35 |
| Uric acid level test | 44 | $4 | $12 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 43 | $108 | $395 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner supervision of a patient receiving medicare-covered services provided by a participating home health agency (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician or allow | 40 | $64 | $181 |
| Parathyroid hormone level test | 38 | $40 | $106 |
| Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of established patient that may not require presence of healthcare professional | 38 | $12 | $40 |
| Urine microalbumin test (kidney screening) | 37 | $6 | $15 |
| Creatinine test (kidney function) | 37 | $5 | $14 |
| Phosphate level test | 31 | $5 | $13 |
| Glycated protein level | 28 | $16 | $39 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 28 | $56 | $241 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians a | 26 | $26 | $70 |
| Sed rate test (inflammation marker) | 25 | $3 | $7 |
| C-reactive protein test (inflammation marker) | 23 | $5 | $14 |
| Iron level test | 22 | $6 | $17 |
| Red blood count, manual test | 22 | $4 | $11 |
| Detection test by nucleic acid for multiple types of respiratory virus, multiple types or subtypes, 3-5 targets | 22 | $140 | $285 |
| Ferritin level test (iron stores) | 21 | $13 | $35 |
| Transferrin (iron binding protein) level | 21 | $12 | $24 |
| Detection test by immunoassay technique for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and influenza | 12 | $51 | $150 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and | 11 | $34 | $90 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2023 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2023)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (100%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.
Geographic Context
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Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2023 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Slate is a mixed practice specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 1% in TX), and low-engagement industry engagement.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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